Sources for Family Historians at Lichfield Record Office

Anglican Parish Registers

Duplicate microfiche of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the vast majority of Staffordshire parishes, from 1536 to c.1925 (also available at Staffordshire Record Office).

Bishops Transcripts

Contemporary copies of the registers of parishes in the present diocese of Lichfield, c1660 to c1880, with north and east Warwickshire parishes to c1840 and Derbyshire parishes to c1860.

Marriage Bonds and Allegations

Applications for marriage licences filed in the consistory and peculiar courts, 1660 onwards.

Nonconformist registers

Registers of baptisms and marriages for some nonconformist churches in the city and in the Tamworth and Lichfield Methodist Circuit. Some registers available on microfiche only.

Wills, Inventories and Probate papers

Wills proved in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and in the peculiar courts, c1520-1858, with related inventories and probate papers.

Volumes of copy wills proved in the Lichfield District Probate Registry, 1858-1928.

National Probate Calendars, 1858-1943, on microfiche

Census Returns and Indexes

Census returns : Lichfield district, 1841-1901 on microfiche, 1851 on CD-Rom. Walsall district, 1851 on CD-Rom.

Census indexes : England and Wales 1881 on CD-Rom; Staffordshire 1851 on CD-Rom, 1881 on microfiche; North Staffordshire 1871 on CD-Rom; Black Country 1891 on CD-Rom.

Ancestry.co.uk

Free access to Ancestry.co.uk in our reading room

Electoral Registers

Registers of electors for the City and County of Lichfield, 1832-1841. Microfiche of registers for Offlow South, 1833-1842, Offlow North, 1832-1842, South Staffordshire, 1843-1867, East Staffordshire 1868-1884, Burton 1885-1888, 1891 and Lichfield 1885-1888, 1891.  Later registers covering the Lichfield area are available in the local studies collection on the open shelves in our searchroom.

Poor Law Records

Records of Burton Poor Law Union, 1837-1930; Lichfield Poor Law Union, 1837-1930; Tamworth Poor Law Union, 1836-1938.

Indexes to admission and discharge registers for the workhouses of the Stafford Poor Law Union, 1842-1900, and Seisdon Poor Law Union, 1837-1880, on CD-rom.

Cemetery Records on CD-ROM

Records of most cemeteries in Staffordshire from 19th to 20th centuries.

Divorce Indexes on CD-ROM

The indexes are to petitions for divorce submitted to the following courts :

• Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Cases, 1858-1873
• Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1873-1958
• District registries of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1922-1958

National Burial Index for England and Wales on CD-Rom

Staffordshire Monumental Inscriptions on CD-Rom

Soldiers Died in the Great War (1914-1918) on CD-Rom

Army Roll of Honour for World War II

Staffordshire Landed Gentry 1086-1702 on CD-Rom

Mormon Immigration (into USA) Index on CD-Rom

We produce a range of publications of use in genealogical research, especially our beginners' and advanced Family History Packs.

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